Bohdan Bondarenko

Bohdan Bondarenko (Ukrainian: Богдан Бондаренко; born 30 August 1989) is a Ukrainian high jumper. His personal best jump is 2.27 metres indoors, and 2.26 metres outdoors.

Career

He was born in Kharkiv, in the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union. In 2005 he had a jump of 2.15 metres, achieved in September in Yalta, and in January 2006 in Kiev, he improved to 2.21 on the indoor track. In August 2006 he competed at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Beijing.[1] With a jump of 2.14 metres in the qualifying round, he barely managed to reach the final round. Six athletes recorded 2.14 metres, and only two of them reached the final, due to having fewer fouls in the competition.[2] In the final, however, Bondarenko improved greatly to win the bronze medal with a jump of 2.26 metres. The competition was dominated by the duel behind gold medallist Huang Haiqiang and silver medallist Niki Palli.[3] In 2007 he improved his indoor best mark to 2.25 at a meet in Kiev in February. In the outdoor season, he only managed 2.19 metres.[1]

In 2008, Bondarenko was eligible for his second World Junior Championships. He had not recorded a notable result during the indoor season,[1] but with a jump of 2.25 metres he qualified for the 2008 World Junior Championships in Bydgoszcz, leading the season's list for juniors.[4] This time, all jumpers with 2.14 in the qualifying round passed on to the final.[5] In the final, Bondarenko cleared every height from 2.08 through 2.26 on the first attempt, except for one miss at 2.21 metres.[6] This was enough to win the gold medal, ahead of Sylwester Bednarek, who placed fourth two years earlier, and Miguel Ángel Sancho. Pre-event favorite Karim Samir Lofty disappointed greatly, ending in last place.[4]

In the 2008–09 indoor season, Bondarenko recorded a new career best as he jumped 2.27 in February in Lódz.[1] Entering the 2009 European Indoor Championships, he managed to equal this height in the qualifying round, which gave him a place in the final. Here, he entered at 2.15, passed 2.20 in his second attempt but failed at 2.25. He ended in ninth and last place.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c d IAAF profile for Bohdan Bondarenko
  2. ^ "High Jump – M – Qualification". IAAF. 17 August 2006. http://www.iaaf.org/history/WJC/season=2006/eventCode=3486/results/bydiscipline/disctype=4/sex=M/discCode=HJ/combCode=hash/roundCode=q/results.html#det. Retrieved 7 March 2009. 
  3. ^ "Men's High Jump Final". IAAF.org. 17 August 2006. http://www.iaaf.org/history/WJC/season=2006/eventCode=3486/news/kind=108/newsid=35768.html. Retrieved 7 March 2009. 
  4. ^ a b "Bondarenko and Bednarek make the show in men's High Jump final". IAAF.org. 13 July 2008. http://www.iaaf.org/WJC08/news/kind=100/newsid=46100.html. Retrieved 7 March 2009. 
  5. ^ "High Jump – M – Qualification". IAAF. 11 July 2008. http://www.iaaf.org/wjc08/results/eventCode=3739/bydiscipline/disctype=4/sex=M/discCode=HJ/combCode=hash/roundCode=q/results.html#detM_HJ_hash_q. Retrieved 7 March 2009. 
  6. ^ "High Jump – M – Qualification". IAAF. 13 July 2008. http://www.iaaf.org/wjc08/results/eventCode=3739/bydiscipline/disctype=4/sex=M/discCode=HJ/combCode=hash/roundCode=f/results.html#detM_HJ_hash_f. Retrieved 7 March 2009. 
  7. ^ "Results. High Jump Men". European Athletics. 7 March 2009. http://www.sportresult.com/sports/la/framework/eaa2.asp?event_id=10000100000083&comp_id=28697&module=competition&show=RL&lang=en#round2810040. Retrieved 7 March 2009.